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Trump Calls for NATO States To Up Defense Spending to 5% of GDP
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1/24/2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is urging NATO member states to increase defense spending to 5% of their GDP. He says the U.S. has been contributing more to the military alliance than the group's 32 other countries.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has called on NATO member states to increase defense spending
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to 5 percent of their GDP.
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We're protecting them, you know.
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They're not protecting us, we're protecting them.
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So I don't think we should be spending, I'm not sure we should be spending anything, but
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we should certainly be helping them.
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But they should up their 2 percent to 5 percent.
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Trump first made the comments while addressing the World Economic Forum in Switzerland by
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video link, and addressed NATO again while signing executive orders from the White House.
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Only two-thirds of NATO members reached the current 2 percent commitment.
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The U.S.'s contributions to the military alliance made up over 15 percent of the group's spending
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in 2024.
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